Nº5 Richard Becker

Win

Richard Becker (USA)

wKg2,Rc4,Pa3,b4/bKd1,Bh6,Pa4,d3

1.Kf2!
1.Kf1? d2 2.Kf2 Bg5 3.Rc6 (3.Rd4 Bf6 4.Rd3 Bg5 5.Rd5 Bh4+ 6.Kf1 Bg3=) 3…Bh4+ 4.Kf1 Be7 5.b5 Bxa3 6.b6 Bb2 7.Rc5 Bd4 8.b7 Bxc5 9.b8Q Kc2 10.Qh2 a3=
1.Rc6? Bg7 2.b5 d2 3.Kf2 Bd4+ 4.Kf1 Bc3! 5.Rd6 Be5 6.Rd3 Bc7 7.Rc3 Be5 8.Rc6 Bc3 9.Rd6 Be5 10.Rd7 Bc7! 11.Rd5 Bb6 12.Rd6 Bc5 13.Rc6 Bxa3=

1…d2 2.Rc5! zz
2.Rd4? Bg5=
2.b5? Bf8=

2…Bg7
2…Bf4 3.Rd5 Bh6 4.Rd7 transposes to main line

3.Rd5! zz 3…Bf6 4.Kf1
4.b5? Be7 5.b6 Bc5+! 6.Rxc5 stalemate
4.Ke3? Ke1 5.Rh5 Bd4+!–+

4…Be7
4…Bc3 5.b5 Ba5 6.Rd6 Bc7 7.Rc6–+

5.Rd3! Bf8 6.Rd7! Bh6 7.Kf2 zz 7…Bf8
7…Bf4 8.b5 Bc7 9.Ke3 Ba5 10.Kd3 Kc1 11.Ke2–+

8.Ke3 Ke1
8…Bh6+ 9.Kd3 Kc1 10.Ke2–+

9.Rh7 Kd1
9…d1N+ 10.Kd3 (or Kd4)–+

10.Kd3 Kc1 11.Rc7+ Kb2 12.Kxd2 Kxa3 13.b5 Kb4 14.b6 +-wins